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limuhead
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This is the first time I have ever had the growing conditions to not kill Phrags, with the exception of maybe Sorcerer's Apprentice. I am pretty jazzed about this one...
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Good thing.
Be careful with hot temperatures.
Every time mine is in spike with hot temperatures (35°C day and 25°C night), the flower is very bad in form and color. As soon as they are colder, the quality comes back!
Be careful with hot temperatures.
Every time mine is in spike with hot temperatures (35°C day and 25°C night), the flower is very bad in form and color. As soon as they are colder, the quality comes back!
Be careful with hot temperatures.
Every time mine is in spike with hot temperatures (35°C day and 25°C night), the flower is very bad in form and color. As soon as they are colder, the quality comes back!
I've had exactly the same problem - especially this summer. Flower was white.
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Yes, a white schlimii is a terrible thing! I guess the limuhead is talking about heat issues? How did you solve the problem or is global cooling happening in Hawaii?
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Missgreen
Guest
Uuuuuhhhhh
Can't wait to see the flower :clap:! I have a schliemi too and a kovachii x schliemi hybrid
Can't wait to see the flower :clap:! I have a schliemi too and a kovachii x schliemi hybrid
NYEric
Well-Known Member
OK, it's schlimii.
SlipperFan
Addicted
:clap:
Wow! Such a nice spike on such a small plant. I can't wait to see the
flower. Your babies all look very healthy.
flower. Your babies all look very healthy.
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goldenrose
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I'm guessing that is a 4"pot (limuhead has said in another thread that he has lots to uppot from 2"-4"). That's a big plant for a schlimi, isn't it? I can't wait to see the flower either!
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Cheyenne
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I imagine that is from Kia, along with most of your phrags. It is a whole different world seeing how the phrags grow in Hawaii compares to us suckers elsewhere. When I visited Kia I could not believe the size of some of the plants. I saw a dalessandroi with a leaf span of about 2 feet and about 8 growths with leaves 5 to 6in wide. Then I looked at the tag and saw it was deflasked about 2 1/2 years before. He had the biggest bosserianum I had ever seen. And paphs are another story. I saw a 10 to 12 growth sangii. It is nothing like in the states or elsewhere. I will never forget that day of walking around that nursery. Amazing plants and I am sure Limuheads are the same way. Wait till you see that schlimii in two years.
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Thanks. The best part will be getting those plants that Kai and others are growing!! .
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limuhead
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Thanks. The best part will be getting those plants that Kai and others are growing!!
Of all the growers in Hawaii I think Quintal Farms has the best culture/conditions that I have seen. He is strictly wholesale because he has a huge place and it is a family business. I think I may have mentioned this in a previous post, but if you have bought from some of top paph/phrag growers in the US, bought plants from various growers on Ebay, or at mainland orchid shows, then you have bought Kai's plants. Kai is also one of the most generous and considerate people you will ever meet; he exemplifies the Aloha Spirit.
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Find out about his fertilizing and potting programs for us! :ninja:
eteson
Phragmad
Limuhead, congrats! schlimii is not an easy species to keep in cultivation... specially some clones...
schlimii is a extremely variable species: Some clones have narrow and erect leaves (1.5-2cm W x 20 cm L) others have wide and long leaves (>5 cm W x 40 cm L) the flower shape and color has some variation also... some populations have rounder staminode others more prismatic... some pinkish petals some yellow-green... and you can find a whole transition between them!
The original plants used for breeding from a long time ago are compact plants...probably collected inthe Central Cordillera of Colombia but during the last years have been found some populations in the Eastern Cordillera showing much more vigorous individuals that evolve to huge plants in cultivation...
I am waiting forward to see yours! Any idea about the origin?
schlimii is a extremely variable species: Some clones have narrow and erect leaves (1.5-2cm W x 20 cm L) others have wide and long leaves (>5 cm W x 40 cm L) the flower shape and color has some variation also... some populations have rounder staminode others more prismatic... some pinkish petals some yellow-green... and you can find a whole transition between them!
The original plants used for breeding from a long time ago are compact plants...probably collected inthe Central Cordillera of Colombia but during the last years have been found some populations in the Eastern Cordillera showing much more vigorous individuals that evolve to huge plants in cultivation...
I am waiting forward to see yours! Any idea about the origin?
Rick
Well-Known Member
That's a good strong looking spike!
Can't wait to see the flowers:wink:
I made a stop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on my vacation. They had bunches of besseae and schlimii plants set up like bedding plants in bloom. It was a great show.:clap:
Can't wait to see the flowers:wink:
I made a stop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on my vacation. They had bunches of besseae and schlimii plants set up like bedding plants in bloom. It was a great show.:clap:
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limuhead
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schlimii update
Went outside to check the progress on my schlimii, the bud is getting bigger and fuzzy. I also noticed the one next to it, about 1/2 the size, is in spike too...
Went outside to check the progress on my schlimii, the bud is getting bigger and fuzzy. I also noticed the one next to it, about 1/2 the size, is in spike too...
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
OK, good deal. I have one popping up a spike too.
NYEric
Well-Known Member
There you go!
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limuhead
Guest
It FINALLY opened
First flowering, just under 1 1/2 ", looks like at least 1 maybe 2 more buds coming up. Comments? Not sure what to expect, this is the first time I have bloomed this species. Flower is pretty flat, but it just opened this morning...
First flowering, just under 1 1/2 ", looks like at least 1 maybe 2 more buds coming up. Comments? Not sure what to expect, this is the first time I have bloomed this species. Flower is pretty flat, but it just opened this morning...
